5 Language Learning Secrets For People Who Hate Language Classes

If you are anything like me, you took a few years of language courses while you were in school, but you never really learned anything. Maybe you learned enough to pass the tests, but then you quickly forgot everything you had been forced to learn… and today you couldn’t conjugate a sentence if your life [...]

The Bicycle Touring Pro’s 4×9 List

I saw this on Alastair Humphrey’s website. He saw it on Ben Saunders’. Now I’ll add to the experience by creating a list of my own. Four jobs I’ve had in my life Editing room assistant (helping people learn to use high-tech video editing equipment) Bike shop mechanic (I lasted less than 4-hours before I [...]

Seeking Out Memorable Travel Moments

Tomorrow is the 4th of July, a huge day of celebration here in the United States when nearly every city in the country shoots a storm of fireworks up into the air in celebration of our nation’s independence. To tell the truth, I’m not really a huge fan of July 4th celebrations, but every year [...]

Missouri: Day 2 – Assembling The Bikes

During my second day in the state of Missouri, Josh and I decided that we would wait a day until heading out on the Katy Trail. It had rained all night long and the trail was most certainly a wet and sticky mess. So we decided to give it a day and hang out in [...]

Missouri: Day 1 – Flying Into The State

On the 11th of May, 2010 I flew from my home near Salt Lake City, Utah to Kansas City, Missouri, with plans to cycle the Katy Trail – a 250+ mile rail trail that stretches across nearly the entire length of the state of Missouri. My old high school friend, Josh Miller, who now lives [...]

How To Run 22 Miles With No Training Whatsoever

When I woke up on Friday morning, it suddenly felt like a good time to run a marathon. Secretly, I’ve been wanting to run a marathon for years, but I’ve just never done it. I don’t know why exactly. It’s always been one of those things that I wanted to do at some point, but  [...]

The Sierra Schwinn – My First Bike

What do you remember about your first bicycle? My first bike was a silver BMX bike that I rode to school when I was in fifth and sixth grade. My next door neighbor and best friend, Matt Bockal, had a matching bike and we thought we were pretty darn cool because we could jump off [...]

Photos From The 4th Annual Utah Olympic Park Hill Climb

The Park City Hill Climb is an annual event where runners race up a steep and windy 5K course that leads from the Kimball Junction area of Park City to the very top of the Utah Olympic Park. In the process, the participating runners gain nearly 1,000 feet in elevation.  The following are some of [...]

17 Beautiful Homes From Marshall, Missouri

The streets of Marshall, Missouri are the home to dozens of beautiful Midwest houses. Here are a few of my favorites.

Running With Ed: 41-Mile Park City Relay Race

On Saturday, May 22nd, the Park City Education Foundation put on a 41-mile relay race in my hometown of Park City, Utah (USA). I rode my bike to Newpark, where the event was headquartered and waited for the runners to come in and cross the finish line. While waiting, I listened to talented teen musicians [...]

25 Web-Based Services You Can Use To Work From Anywhere In The World

More and more people nowadays are making a living online. Laptops, netbooks, cell phones, tablets and other mobile or hand-held devices are allowing a new generation of enterprising entrepreneurs to work from home or just about anywhere in the world. For the past five years, I too have been making a living off the Internet… [...]

Earth Days – A Documentary Film About The Environmental Movement

For a limited time, you can watch Earth Days for free on the PBS website. Click here to view the film NOW! The problem with environmentalism is that it tricks people into believing that in order to make change in the world, you (as the individual) need to have less, be less, do less and [...]